Mongrels or marvels : the Levantine writings of Jacqueline Shohet Kahanoff
Jewish-Arab relations sähkökirjat
Stanford University Press
2011
EISBN 9780804777889
Introduction : Jacqueline Shohet Kahanoff, a cosmopolitan Levantine.
Childhood in Egypt.
Passover in Egypt.
Such is Rachel.
Journey to a better land.
A line in the sand.
Maadi.
Alexandria.
Cairo wedding.
Europe from afar.
A culture stillborn.
To live and die a Copt.
Wake of the waves.
Reunion in Beersheba.
A letter from Mama Camouna.
Rebel, my brother.
Israel : ambivalent Levantine.
To remember Alexandria.
My brother Ishmael : on the visit of Anwar Sadat.
Welcome, Sadat.
Afterword : from East the sun.
The writings of Jacqueline Shohet Kahanoff (1917-1979) offer a refreshing reassessment of Arab-Jewish relations in the Middle East. This text embraces the idea of a pluralist, multicultural society and counters the prevailing attitudes and identity politics in the Middle East with the possibility of mutual respect and acceptance.
Childhood in Egypt.
Passover in Egypt.
Such is Rachel.
Journey to a better land.
A line in the sand.
Maadi.
Alexandria.
Cairo wedding.
Europe from afar.
A culture stillborn.
To live and die a Copt.
Wake of the waves.
Reunion in Beersheba.
A letter from Mama Camouna.
Rebel, my brother.
Israel : ambivalent Levantine.
To remember Alexandria.
My brother Ishmael : on the visit of Anwar Sadat.
Welcome, Sadat.
Afterword : from East the sun.
The writings of Jacqueline Shohet Kahanoff (1917-1979) offer a refreshing reassessment of Arab-Jewish relations in the Middle East. This text embraces the idea of a pluralist, multicultural society and counters the prevailing attitudes and identity politics in the Middle East with the possibility of mutual respect and acceptance.
